Micro-Enterprise and Personalisation
Subtitle: What Size Is Good Care?
Publisher: Policy Press
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9781447319221
Subjects: Entrepreneurship; Social policy; Social service
Description: Social service agencies in the United Kingdom are increasingly under pressure to provide personalized care, even as the larger climate of austerity puts pressure on their resources. Increasingly, this means that community-based organizations of five or fewer staff members - known as microenterprises - are being asked to handle work that was formerly the province of much larger providers. In part, this is rooted in the assumption that small organizations can be more innovative and responsive. This book tests that assumption, analyzing the work of care organizations with a specific focus on size and how it affects personalization and the quality of care.